Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Cows by Matthew Stokoe

15 reviews

stellasaur's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Cunt, piss, cunt, shit, cunt, puke, cunt, cunt, cunt. There. That's the book. Entirely puerile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Excrement, Gore, Rape, Abortion, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

akeila91's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The good points of this book is the author is clearly an amazing writer, the book is so well written. The main reason I finished this book was because of how well written it was. It delivers what it says it’s going to. It makes you uncomfortable, anything “dark” you think you’ve read before it completely obliterates. 

The bad points is I think the story and character development fell short for me. I didn’t feel connected to any of the characters, bar a marginal pang of sympathy for his torturous life. But that didn’t grip me enough to become emotionally invested. The only character I felt any kind of draw to was dog. I feel like had the gore and disgust been turned down just a touch and the story and characters developed a little further, this could have been a 5 star read for me. But I understand what the author was trying to do. Anyone wanting to read please heed the TW’s as there is some very serious shit in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

st_ender's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

it's what tender is the flesh wanted to emulate and failed. wouldn't call it good but at least I know what the point of some of it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Abortion and Racial slurs

nate_gray's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

terrible, i both loved and hated it. Has just about every sensitive topic in it so take that into mind if you ever decide to pick it up. i only wish it was better written, if it was it would probably be more (in)famous and popular. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Vomit

connellplease's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, and Vomit